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    • Monday, 9 January, 2023
      Teneo Holdings
      Teneo buys UK financial PR firm Tulchan for more than £65mn

      Deal marks latest consolidation by US group in lucrative business of corporate communications advice

    • Monday, 28 November, 2022
      News in-depth
      Global PR trade body at war over Ukraine comments

      Longstanding director-general attacked in poisonous power battle over governance

    • Monday, 5 September, 2022
      Rutherford Hall
      You can’t buy integrity, but you can nick the idea

      An FT column offering a behind-the-scenes look at the work of Rutherford Hall, critical communications strategist

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Tom Brady joins firm launched by disgraced PR guru Declan Kelly

      American football star is named on Consello site as a partner alongside ex-Qualcomm and ex-Uber executives

    • Wednesday, 30 March, 2022
      British Airways PLC
      BA flights disrupted and cancelled at Heathrow after IT failure

      Passengers report being stuck on planes and missing connections in latest mishap for airline

    • Wednesday, 2 March, 2022
      Public relations firms cut Russia ties amid reputational fears

      Agencies from FTI to Brunswick ditch clients regardless of their risk of sanctions

    • Thursday, 10 February, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Guess who’s back, back again Premium content

      Plus, Luckin Coffee takes another shot at a US listing and the Securities and Exchange Commission takes aim at private equity’s fee free-for-all

    • Wednesday, 9 February, 2022
      Declan Kelly
      PR guru Declan Kelly plots comeback after sexual harassment claims

      Teneo co-founder forms new venture called Consello and has advised companies including Intel

    • Thursday, 13 January, 2022
      Due Diligence
      Bad publicity: the PR firms accused of spinning climate misinformation Premium content

      Plus, Houston emerges as the US’s unexpected new bankruptcy court capital, and Didi looks for a second chance in Hong Kong

    • Monday, 23 August, 2021
      Andrew Hill
      Beware: new chief executives are getting ready for their close-up

      Their videos may be cheesy but it pays for them to appeal direct to stakeholders

    • Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
      Teneo Holdings
      Troubled PR firm Teneo picks Ursula Burns as new chair

      Group scrambles to reassure clients following resignation of boss after misconduct allegations

    • Thursday, 1 July, 2021
      Teneo Holdings
      How Teneo’s master of the dark arts spun out of control

      Declan Kelly built the world’s premier CEO advisory firm but failed to survive his own reputational crisis

    • Wednesday, 30 June, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Damage control: PR firm Teneo navigates a crisis of its own Premium content

      Plus, private equity heads to the public markets, and Lex Greensill clears up a ‘misunderstanding’

    • Friday, 25 June, 2021
      GM cuts ties with Teneo after CEO misconduct allegations

      Claims of drunken touching of women by Declan Kelly has left PR firm trying to reassure staff and clients

    • Thursday, 24 June, 2021
      Due Diligence
      Friends in high places: Buffett’s banker buys into Brunswick Premium content

      Plus, Toshiba’s boardroom theatrics, and the chief of struggling drugmaker GSK presses on under activist pressure

    • Wednesday, 23 June, 2021
      Professional services
      Brunswick agrees to sell stake to US fund run by Buffett’s banker

      Deal values UK public relations group at £500m and triggers big payout for chair Alan Parker

    • Tuesday, 4 August, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Someone should have a word with the government’s graphics team

      The rules are crystal clear: WASH COVER MAKE. HANDS FACE SPACE.

    • Tuesday, 26 May, 2020
      US & Canadian companies
      Corporate events get creative to beat lockdown doldrums

      Planners move beyond video conferences to entertain clients without meeting in person

    • Tuesday, 12 May, 2020
      FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
      Someone should have a word with the government’s slogan department

      We Stand Together. Together Meaning 2 Metres Apart, Of Course.

    • Friday, 30 August, 2019
      Jonathan Guthrie
      How Tim Bell was overtaken by modern PR

      As City communications professionalised, brutality became more useful than charm

    • Tuesday, 27 August, 2019
      ObituaryLord Bell
      Tim Bell, PR and advertising executive, 1941-2019

      Thatcher’s spin-doctor could turn on the charm when he needed to

    • Thursday, 7 February, 2019
      LexMedia
      Publicis: cagency theory Premium content

      Disappointing results signal industry turf war is hitting hard

    • Friday, 11 January, 2019
      FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
      When the public relations industry does PR for itself
    • Tuesday, 4 December, 2018
      FT AlphavilleThomas Hale
      What crowdfunding is really about
    • Friday, 26 October, 2018
      The Top LineMatthew Garrahan
      The stiff challenge facing Nick Clegg at Facebook

      Running communications for the social network is probably the worst job in corporate world

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